Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description:

One of our clients, a global IPP, is looking for a Legal Counsel to join their team and provide legal support on all legal and contractual aspects related to development of projects, partnerships/joint ventures, acquisition of shares/projects rights, offtake arrangement as well as financing of projects. Provide general legal support to region on all legal matters (including disputes) other than legal matters falling within the solutions legal scope.

Job Responsibilities:

• Draft and negotiate LoIs, conduct legal due diligence support for investments and divestment processes •
• Draft and negotiate acquisition agreements, shareholders agreements, partnership/joint venture agreements, joint development agreements, development services agreements and other agreements of a similar nature
• Draft and negotiate mandate letters, finance termsheets, negotiate finance agreements (including security package) for projects, manage CP fulfillment process in order to ensure financial close in accordance with expected timelines
• Draft and negotiate power purchase and/or offtake agreements, grid connection agreements and related transmission and distribution agreements
• Draft and negotiate land option, land lease and/or similar project land related agreements
• Conduct periodically general risk assessments to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk within the relevant Region
• Collaborate with other departments (e.g., business development, supply chain management, engineering, project management, site management, accounting, internal auditing etc.) to identify potential risk and mitigating actions for projects as early as possible. Identify and evaluate project risks, support in developing/implement corrective action plans to mitigate potential risks, and provide general guidance on implementation
• Liaise and manage relationships with external legal counsels with a view to limit use of external counsel and engage only on a limited basis when strictly necessary and ensure engagement remains within the project approved budget

Job Requirements:

• Law degree
• Minimum 3-5 years’ relevant work experience – either law firm or in-house counsel
• Excellent English skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience and/or interest in the following areas:
• Renewable energy
• Oil/gas
• Corporate Finance and/or Project Finance
• Project development
• Public procurement
• FIDIC suite of contracts

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Lucia Baeza at [email protected]

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Lucia Baeza

Senior Executive Talent Consultant

CA Mining

CA Mining will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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